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JavaScript 1.2 (found in version 4.0 browsers) provides this neat effect:  the text changes color every second.  Now this is a great way to draw attention without using the annoying BLINK tag.
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function initArray() {
this.length = initArray.arguments.length;
for (var i = 0; i < this.length; i++) {
this[i] = initArray.arguments[i];
   }
}

var ctext = "Wow! Look at all the pretty colors!  ;-)";
var speed = 1000;
var x = 0;
var color = new initArray(
"red", 
"blue", 
"green",
"black"
);
if(navigator.appName == "Netscape") {
document.write('<layer id="c"><center>'+ctext+'</center></layer><br>');
}
if (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE") != -1){
document.write('<div id="c"><center>'+ctext+'</center></div>');
}
function chcolor(){ 
if(navigator.appName == "Netscape") {
document.c.document.write('<center><font color="'+color[x]);
document.c.document.write('">'+ctext+'</font></center>');
document.c.document.close();
}
else if (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE") != -1){
document.all.c.style.color = color[x];
}
(x < color.length-1) ? x++ : x = 0;
}
setInterval("chcolor()",1000);
// End -->
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<tr><td BGCOLOR=yellow><font FACE="helvetica,arial,geneva"><b>JavaScript Source Code 3000:  Background Effects:  Text Blinker:</b>
<p>Simply click inside the window below, use your cursor to highlight the 
script, and copy (type Control-c or Apple-c) the script into a new file in 
your text editor (such as Note Pad or Simple Text) and save (Control-s or 
Apple-s).  The script is yours!!!<br><br></font></td></tr>
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&lt;!-- ONE STEP TO INSTALL TEXT BLINKER:

  1.  Copy the coding into the BODY of your HTML document  --&gt;

&lt;!-- STEP ONE: Paste this code into the BODY of your HTML document  --&gt;

&lt;SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript1.2"&gt;

&lt;! &gt;
&lt;! &gt;

&lt;!-- Begin
function initArray() {
this.length = initArray.arguments.length;
for (var i = 0; i &lt; this.length; i++) {
this[i] = initArray.arguments[i];
   }
}

var ctext = "Wow! Look at all the pretty colors!  ;-)";
var speed = 1000;
var x = 0;
var color = new initArray(
"red", 
"blue", 
"green",
"black"
);
if(navigator.appName == "Netscape") {
document.write('&lt;layer id="c"&gt;&lt;center&gt;'+ctext+'&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/layer&gt;&lt;br&gt;');
}
if (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE") != -1){
document.write('&lt;div id="c"&gt;&lt;center&gt;'+ctext+'&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/div&gt;');
}
function chcolor(){ 
if(navigator.appName == "Netscape") {
document.c.document.write('&lt;center&gt;&lt;font color="'+color[x]);
document.c.document.write('"&gt;'+ctext+'&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/center&gt;');
document.c.document.close();
}
else if (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE") != -1){
document.all.c.style.color = color[x];
}
(x &lt; color.length-1) ? x++ : x = 0;
}
setInterval("chcolor()",1000);
// End --&gt;
&lt;/script&gt;

 

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